Filming Tips In Uganda

Filming is one of the life events in Uganda. It involves capturing pictures in motion. Uganda is situated in East Africa and endowed with a variety of things to film. Top destinations for filming include National Parks, Water bodies, birds, animals, Vegetation, people, historical sites, birds, and so on. Below are the filming Tips in Uganda: When you are…

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FILMING SEASONS AND DESTINATIONS IN UGANDA

Filming involves capturing pictures in motion.  Uganda holds filming all year round however, the dry season is the best. Uganda’s first dry season runs from December to February. The first wet season runs from March to May. The second dry season runs from June to August and the second wet season runs from September to November. Uganda is gifted…

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Filming In Kyambura Gorge

Kyambura Gorge- the magnificent valley of apes is situated in north Eastern side of Queen Elizabeth National park, approximately 30Kms from QENP headquarters. Kyambura Gorge was a controlled Hunting Area in 1962 and upgraded to game reserve status in 1965. Kyambura Gorge has many remarkable primates one can like red-tailed monkey, high contrast Colobus, vervet monkeys and baboons. Kyambura…

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Filming Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park

Kibale National Park is the major home of chimpanzees in Uganda and famous for hosting majority wild chimpanzee.Kibale National Park is situated in western Uganda, protecting moist evergreen rain forest. It is 766 square kilometres (296 sq mi) in size and ranges between 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) and 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) in elevation. Filmmakers who are interested in…

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Elephant Filming in Uganda

For many years, elephant species have been devastated by poaching in Uganda, human -elephant conflicts and diseases among others. However, through Uganda wildlife  Authority, the exhaustion of elephants has been controlled creating a fertile ground for elephant filming in Uganda. Big stocks of elephants are seen in Kidepo Valley National park, Murchison Falls National park and Queen Elizabeth National…

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Why Filming in Uganda?

Uganda is a land locked country in East Africa. It’s bordered by Kenya in the east, Sudan in the north, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Uganda was made famous named “the pearl of Africa” by Winston Churchill in 1908 book titled “My African Journey” about his trip to Uganda in 1907. Uganda is among the top filming destinations…

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Filming in Mountain Rwenzori National Park

Mountain Rwenzori National Park is one of the ten National Parks in Uganda which was formed 3 million years ago. Mountain Rwenzori National Park is made up of Rwenzori mountain also called Mountains of the moon. The series of mountain peaks here include Mount Stanley’s Margherita Peak at 5109 metres,  Mount Speke at 4890 metres, Mount Barker at 4843…

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Filming in Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National park is the samallest savanna park in Uganda at the size of 370km2 . Its conveniently situated along Kampala – Mbarara road in Kiruhura District.  Lake Mburo was once dominated by open savanna, now contains much woodland as there are no elephants to control the vegetation. In the western part of the park, the savanna is…

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Filming Zebras in Uganda

Zebra Filming can take place in two Ugandan parks namely: Kidepo Valley National Park. “The true wildness of Uganda” Lake Mburo National Park. “whispers of the wild” Kidepo valley National park is estimated to keep around 204 individuals Zebras while in Lake Mburo National park, Zebras are the face of the park. Zebras are herbivore; they can live up…

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Location Scouting

Crystal Fixers Uganda do Location scouting in preparation for actual film production. Our local Film Fixers visit the field to take current pictures, get security tips, look for accommodation and gather all the information that will enable successful film making or film production. Location scouting is a vital process in the pre- production stage of film making and commercial…

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